Wall mounted security box

ABSTRACT

A wall mounted security box includes an end access opening delineated by a rectangular frame including a side leg provided with an inwardly open channel the remaining legs having forwardly facing channels. A removable closure member of the size of the opening has an end edge separably registering with the inwardly open channel and flanges along the remaining edges separably engaging the forwardly open channel. A key operated lock arm carried by the closure member is swingable into and out of underlying engagement with the side leg having the forwardly open channel. In mounting the box a paper template is adhered to a structural wall which is drilled at points indicated on the template and the box is secured to the wall by expansion bolts engaging the drilled wall openings and registering openings in the box side wall.

United States Patent [111 3,842,761 Bloom 1451 Oct. 22, 1974 WALLMOUNTED SECURITYBOX 6.166 3/1902 Great Britain .1 10 1/51:

[75] Inventor: Stephen A. Bloom. Miami, Fla. I

Primary Examiner-Dennis L. Taylor [73] Asslgnee: f Secumy 2 Attorney,Agent, or FirmMilton H. Gross International, Inc., Miami, Fla.

[22] Filed: July 9, 1973 57 ABSTRACT [21] Appl' 377,816 A wall mountedsecurity box includes an end access opening delineated by a rectangularframe including a 52 US. Cl. 109/59, 109/64 side 2 provided with aninwardly p channel the [51] Int. Cl. E05g 3/00 remaining legs havingforwardly facing channels- A [58] Field of Search 109/58, 74, 59, 61,64,movable closure member of the Size of the Opening 109 2 73 50 51; 70 3395 3 379 R has an end edge separably registering with the inwardly openchannel and flanges along the remaining 5 References Cited edgesseparably engaging the forwardly open channel.

UNITED STATES PATENTS A key operated lock arm carried by the closuremem- 4 9 her is swingable into and out of underlying engage- 2 $322 gig;ment with the side leg having the forwardly open 279l976 5/1957 ig /59 Xchannel. In mounting the box a paper template is ad- 3 715 998 2/1973Teleky 1: ."Il... 109/58 heredm a Structural wall which is drilled atPoints 3:808:984 5/1974 Teleky 109/59 dicated the template and the boxis secured to the wall by expansion bolts engaging the drilled wallopen- FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS ings and registering openings inthe box side wall. 4ll,l45 3/1925 Germany 109/74 423,926 H1926 Germany109/74 3 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures method of installation.

WALL MOUNTED SECURITY BOX BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The presentinvention relates generally to improvements in receptacles and itrelates more particularly to an improved security box or safe and themethod of securing the box to a wall.

In many places such as homes and offices and particularly in transientaccommodations such as hotels, motels, clubs and the like it isfrequently desirable to at least temporarily store valuables such asmoney, jewelry, securities, documents and such objects where they wouldbe relatively safe but readily available. Many types of wall safes andfloor safes have heretofore been available and proposed but thesepossess numerous drawbacks and disadvantages. They are frequentlyawkward and bulky devices, commonly easy to burglarize, difficult,expensive and inconvenient to install, of

unattractive appearance, of little versatility and adapt- It is aprincipal object of the present invention to provide an improvedreceptacle.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improvedsecurity box or safe and an improved Still another object of the presentinvention is to provide an improved wall mounted security box and animproved method of installing the same.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved wallmounted security box which is highly useful in homes and transientaccommodationssuch as hotels, motels, clubs and the like. 7

Still a further object of the present invention is to provide a deviceof the above nature characterized by its ruggedness, reliability,burglar proof properties, ease and convenience of installation,compactness and high versatility and adaptability.

The above and other objects of the present invention will becomeapparent from a reading of the following description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferredembodiment thereof.

In a sense the present invention contemplates the provision of animproved security receptacle having an access opening in a wall thereof,a frame delineating the access opening and including opposite first andsecond side legs and first leg having an inwardly facing first channeland the second leg having a forwardly facing second channel a closuremember removably registering with the opening and having a first edgeseparably engaging the first channel and a rearwardly directed flangealong an opposite edge separably engaging the second channel so that theclosure memberis swingable about the first channel to transfer theflange into and out of engagement with the second channel, and lockmeans carried by the closure member and movable between lock and releasepositions respectively preventing the movement of the flange from thesecond channel and freeing the closure member to permit such movement.

In its preferred form the box has rectangular walls and the accessopening is rectangular with top and bottom end legs having forwardlyopen channels. The closure member is likewise rectangular and hasrearwardly directed flanges along its end edges separably engaging theframe and leg channels. The lock means includes a key controlled shanksupporting a latch arm for rotation between a lock position underlyingthe frame second side leg and an unlock position out of registrytherewith.

A side wall of the box has mounting holes. In attaching the box to awall a paper template is adhered to the wall which is drilled attemplate designated positions. The box is attached to the wall byexpansion bolts which engage the wall bores and the box side wall holesand are expanded by tightening bolt engaging nuts located in the box tofirmly secure the box in position.

The improved security box is simple, rugged and reliable andsubstantially burglar proof. It may besimply and conveniently installedin existing structures or to walls in the construction stage. It ishighly useful in transient accommodations since the closure members areinterchangeable and may be used with any box. Accordingly, anaccommodation occupant is issued a closure member and matching key uponregistering so that a random relationship is achieved between theclosure keys and the rooms.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERREDEMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawing which illustrates a preferredembodiment of the present invention, the reference numeral 10 generallydesignates the improved security receptacle which includes a strong box11 and a closure member 12. The box 11 is mounted on and secured toastructure wall 13 as will be hereinafter described andis formed in asuitable manner of heavy gauged sheet metal or plate. Box 11 includesintegrally formed rectangular side walls 14 and 16 top and bottomrectangular walls 17 and rear end wall 18, the front end of the boxbeing provided with a rectangular access opening 19 delineated by aframe 20.

The box side wall 14 is provided at its front end with an inwardlydirected flange 21 which terminates in a rearwardly projecting lip 22spaced inwardly of and parallel to wall 14. A forwardly open channel 23is disposedalong the inside face of lip 22 and is delineated by a legdefining web 24 spaced inwardly of and parallel to lip 22 and projectingforwardly to a plane rearwardly of flange 21. The web 24 is joined by atransverse web 26 extending across the inner edge of lip 22 with arearwardly directed flange 27 abutting and welded to the inside face ofwall 14.

The box side wall 16 is provided along its front edge with an inwardlydirectedv flange 28 which is coplanar with flange 21 and defines asecond frame leg. An L- v shaped member is located behind flange 28 andincludes an arm 29 abutting and welded to wall 16 and an arm 30 spacedrearwardly of and parallel to flange 28 and projecting inwardly thereof,arm 30 and flange 28 delineating an inwardly directed second channel 32.

A pair of laterally extending U-shaped members of similar configurationextend along the forward inside borders of top and bottom walls 17, eachof the members including an outer leg 36 abutting and extending to theedge of and welded to a corresponding wall 17, an inwardly directedcross web 37 and a forwardly directed relatively short leg 38 anddelineating a forwardly open transversely extending channel 39. Formedin the box side wall 14 proximate each corner thereof is a boltreceiving opening 40.

The closure member 12 includes a rectangular plate 41, corresponding inshape and slightly larger in size to box opening 19. A side edge 42 ofplate 41 is free and a rearwardly directed flange 43 is formed along andextends for the full. length of the opposite side edge of plate 41. I

Formed along the top and bottom edges of and extending for the fulllengths thereof are rearwardly directed flanges 44 of the same width asflange 43 and being rounded at their free corners as at 46. it should benoted that the thickness of plate 41 is sufficiently less than the widthoff channel 32 to permit the swinging of the closure member 12 aboutchannel 32 when engaged by plate edge 42 to permit the release of flange43 from channel 23 forward of flange 21, as shown by broken line in FIG.5. n

An L-shaped stopped member 46 is positioned on the rear face of plate 41and is parallel to edge 42 and includes a leg 47 welded to plate 41 anda rearwardly directed leg 48. The leg 48 is so positioned relative tothe edge 42 that when the closure member is in its closed position, asshown in FIG. 5, with edge 42 engaging channel 32 and flange 43 engagingchannel 23 leg 48 abuts the free edge of flange 30.

A lock 49 which is of conventional construction and operated by a matingkey, not shown, includes an externally threaded cylinder 50 mounted onand projecting rearwardly from plate 41 proximate flange 43 and securedto the plate by a nut 51. A key operated tumbler is coaxially housed incylinder 50 and is provided with a rearwardly directed coaxial flattedshaft to which is affixed a radially projecting latch arm or bolt bymeans of a nut so that rotation of the tumbler effects the rotation ofarm 52. The arm 52 is of such length that when it extends transverselytoward edge 42 when closure member 12 is in closed position it projectsbeyond edge 42 into abutting engagement with the rear face of web 46.

in mounting the box 11 on wall 13 a paper template 54 having locatingindicia 56 on its front face corresponding to the positions of wallopenings 40 and a pressure sensitive adhesive coating 57 on its rearface is adhered to wall 13 at the desired position of the security box10. Holes are drilled in wall 13 at the: positions of indicia56 andexpansion bolts 58 are inserted in the drilled holes with the threadedexpander studs 59 pro jecting beyond the face of wall 13 and theanchoring expansion sleeves 60 fully housed in the drilled holes.

The box wall 14 is then applied to studs 59 which engage correspondingopenings 40 and washers 61 and nuts 45 are then applied to studs 59projecting into box 11. The nuts 65 .are then tightened by a socketwrench or other suitable tool to partially withdraw studs 59 and anchorthem to wall 13 by means of expansion sleeves 60 in the known manner andthereby firmly secure the box to the wall.

In applying the closure member 12 to the opening 19, with the latch arm52 turned to its retracted position inwardly of flange 43 as shown inFIG. 6, the plate edge 42 is inserted into channel 32 with flange 43being forwardly disposed until stop leg 48 abuts the edge of arm 30. Theclosure member 12 is then swung to bring flanges 43 and 44 intoengagement with channels 23 and 39 respectively. The closure member islocked in its closed position by turning latch arm 52 by means of amating key inserted in lock 49 to a transversely extending positionabutting the rearface of web 26, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. lnopeningthe box the arm is retracted from web 26 by turning the lockmating key and removing closure member 12 in a manner opposite to itsclosing as described above.

While there has been described and illustrated a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is apparent that numerous alterations,omissions and additions may be made without departing from the spiritthereof.

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l. A security receptacle comprising a box having a rectangular accessopening in a wall thereof, a frame delineating said opening andincluding a pair of opposite side legs and a pair of opposite end legs,a first of said side legs having an inwardly facing first channeltherein and a second. of said side legs and each of said end legs havingforwardly facing second channels therein,-a rectangular closure memberremovably and separably registering with said access opening andincluding a rectangular plate having a border-along a first side edgethereof separably transversely slidably and swingably engaging-saidfirst channel and rearwardly directed flanges along the opposite sideedge and along the opposite end edges of I and integrally formed withsaid platereleasably separably engaging respective second channels, saidclosure member being swingable about said first channel to retract saidrearwardly directed flange along said plate opposite side edge from theframe second side leg second channel, lock means including a latchingarm supported by said closure member and spaced rearwardly thereof andswingable between a lock position in proximate registry with the rearface of said frame second side leg and a release position out ofregistry therewith, and key actuated means on said closure member formanipulating said latching arm.

2. The receptacle of claim 1 wherein said box includes a side wallhaving openings therein for the reception of wall mounting fasteners.

3. In combination with the receptacle of claim I, a wall having boresformed therein in axial alignment with said box-wall openings and anchorbolts engaging said bores and openings.

1. A security receptacle comprising a box having a rectangular accessopening in a wall thereof, a frame delineating said opening andincluding a pair of opposite side legs and a pair of opposite end legs,a first of said side legs having an inwardly facing first channeltherein and a second of said side legs and each of said end legs havingforwardly facing second channels therein, a rectangular closure memberremovably and separably registering with said access opening andincluding a rectangular plate having a border along a first side edgethereof separably transversely slidably and swingably engaging saidfirst channel and rearwardly directed flanges along the opposite sideedge and along the opposite end edges of and integrally formed with saidplate releasably separably engaging respective second channels, saidclosure member being swingable about said first channel to retract saidrearwardly directed flange along said plate opposite side edge from theframe second side leg second channel, lock means including a latchingarm supported by said closure member and spaced rearwardly thereof andswingable between a lock position in proximate registry with the rearface of said frame second side leg and a release position out ofregistry therewith, and key actuated means on said closure member formanipulating said latching arm.
 2. The receptacle of claim 1 whereinsaid box includes a side wall having openings therein for the receptionof wall mounting fasteners.
 3. In combination with the receptacle ofclaim 1, a wall having bores formed therein in axial alignment with saidbox wall openings and anchor bolts engaging said bores and openings.